[Patches] [ python-Patches-533165 ] add expected test failures on solaris 8

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Patches item #533165, was opened at 2002-03-21 17:40
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Category: Tests
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: add expected test failures on solaris 8

Initial Comment:
This patch makes the following skipped tests expected
on sunos5:

test_al test_bsddb test_cd test_cl test_gl 
test_imgfile test_linuxaudiodev test_nis
test_openpty test_winreg test_winsound

I'll try to fix the problem that sunos5 should really
be something like sunos5.6, 5.7, 5.8, etc.

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>Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2002-03-22 18:26

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-1. The list of skipped modules will vary widely across
installations, even if you take Solaris versions into account.

For example, test_nis will pass for many users, since NIS is
really common in Solaris environments. Likewise, bsddb tests
will pass if bsddb is installed in /usr/local.

OTOH, test_sunaudiodev is known to fail on server systems
which don't have a /dev/audio.

Instead, I would like to see a more flexible scheme for
expected skips, which includes detection that some resources
are unavailable - if that is the cause, the skipped test
does not indicate a problem with the Python installation.


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